Chapter 47: The Lost Soul Swamp
There are only two roads out of Jushi Town, one is the tunnel in the south and the other is the tunnel in the north, and the excavation of these two tunnels has cost huge manpower, material and financial resources, but it has also brought development and wealth to Jushi Town.
The east and west sides of Jushi Town are surrounded by rolling mountains, making it difficult to pass, so Jushi Town has become a transportation artery connecting the north and south.
A morning had passed, and the cultivator had already walked far ahead of Zhuge Xie and Bao Xiaopi, and the two of them couldn't even see the back of the cultivator. They couldn't help but wonder why the cultivator didn't walk in the air, but walked on his feet.
Could it be that he is also an outlaw, afraid of being discovered by others?
Stopping to rest at noon, Zhuge Xie went to a nearby stream to get water to quench his thirst, and when he filled the water in a container, he saw the reflection on the water surface, revealing half of the profane cloth on his chest, and he couldn't help but be stunned for a while.
Back at the resting place, Zhuge Xie handed the water to Bao Xiaopi and asked, "Which southern boundary do you want to go to?"
Bao Xiaopi poured a mouthful of cool water into his mouth and replied, "Look at where it is richer, I will go wherever it is." ”
"I've never been to the South, so I don't know what it's like. ”
Bao Xiaopi smiled: "It can be seen that you don't often go far away." ”
"You must have been to a lot of places, right?"
Bao Xiaopi nodded: "I have almost run all over the land of Shenzhou, and there is no place I haven't been to." ”
"Really?" Zhuge Xie was very curious.
"Lie to you what to do. Bao Xiaopi replied, "Even that legendary secret realm, I have set foot in it." ”
Zhuge sneered: "Don't brag, that kind of place even cultivators don't dare to touch easily, it's not easy for you, a fragile and insignificant ordinary mortal, to be able to live in a corner, and dare to set foot in those mysterious and dangerous areas?"
Bao Xiaopi snorted and said: "Over the years, I have wandered around, visited many inaccessible places, seen many bizarre and strange things, and know very well how dangerous this world is. ”
"It is not easy for ordinary mortals to survive in such a dangerous world, and gradually develop and grow, there is really no need to risk their lives, but-"
"But I'm half-immortal, how can I be an ordinary person? I ...... half-immortal."
"Alright, alright!"
In the evening, they came to the mouth of the tunnel north of Jushi Town, where they met the cultivator again.
It seemed that the practitioner was planning to rest near the mouth of the tunnel for the night and then pass through the tunnel again tomorrow.
Seeing that the cultivator was traveling alone for a long time, Zhuge thought that he must be bored, so he walked over to talk to him, but in the end he just returned in a huff.
The cultivator always had a look of rejection thousands of miles away, and he didn't react in the slightest, he didn't say a word, his eyes were full of vigilance and a little hostility.
"He doesn't like you being near him. Bao Xiaopi said to Zhuge heresy, "Keeping a distance from him is good for you and him." ”
Zhuge Xie smiled and said, "I just think that I can have some communication with him and discuss the escape experience in depth." ”
"Communication needs to be based on mutual trust, and there is no trust between you. ”
Zhuge Xie shrugged his shoulders: "Am I not handsome enough?"
"What do you think?" said Bao Xiaopi and looked up at the sky, "It looks like we're going to stay here for one night too, there might be a storm tonight." ”
Torrential rain poured down, and hideous lightning pierced the night from time to time, with the terrifying sound of thunderstorms.
Zhuge Xie and Bao Xiaopi were lying under a huge mountain rock, barely able to shelter from the rain. The rain washed away the sand and dirt in the mountains, moving slowly in front of them.
Not far away, the cultivator was huddled in a dark corner of a rocky col, and I wonder if he was disturbed by the sound of the rain.
"Can I ask you something. Zhuge Xie suddenly asked Bao Xiaopi.
This seemed to be expected by Bao Xiaopi, and he asked without thinking: "Is it about the profane dress on your chest?"
Zhuge Xie was surprised: "How do you know?"
"I'll count!" Bao Xiaopi said unashamedly, "Moreover, you are a big man, and you hide a woman's dirty clothes but treasures, there must be a story in it." ”
Zhuge heresy said: "Sure enough, it is clever! No wonder it can be fooled to spend money." ”
Bao Xiaopi said with a smile: "If you don't have any real skills, how dare you mix the rivers and lakes." Say, what is you going to ask of this blasphemous? ”
Zhuge heresy said: "You say, is this dirty clothes my biological mother's?"
"Didn't you already know it? Bao Xiaopi said, "Why are you still asking me?" ”
"I want to hear your answer. ”
"It's not that you're not sure, but you want a different answer, right?"
Zhuge Xie smiled bitterly: "Is it considered to be looking for a little self-comfort?"
"The past is gone, look forward. Bao Xiaopi said, "Yes or no, does this have anything to do with how you want to be a person in the future? What answer do you think can change you?"
"Why do you want to change me?" Zhuge Xie looked strange, "I'm fine now." ”
Bao Xiaopi smiled: "That's not it, what else to ask." Thou whore, thou whore, who will be a scourge when you see a beautiful woman, shall thou care who she is. ”
"That's right. Zhuge Xie nodded and said, "I don't care who she is......"
"As for this ...... of filthy clothes," Bao Xiaopi continued, "it is not a mortal thing, this woman...... Tut-tut, did she also fall victim to you?"
"Nonsense!" Zhuge Xie immediately retorted, "You don't want to defile people's innocence!"
"Are you innocent? No wonder the heavens are crying...... You little thief, you have a bad stomach, and you don't know who taught it. ”
Zhuge Xie thought to himself, of course it was taught by the old immortal, I didn't have bad water in my stomach, and after eating too much, I had it.
"It's okay, it's okay. Bao Xiaopi suddenly sighed, "You haven't continued to do evil for more than a month." ”
Bao Xiaopi didn't say anything, as soon as he said this, Zhuge was evil: "It's not because of you, you keep following me, so I can't do good things! I'm almost suffocating!"
"You also call it a good thing, it's clearly a scourge*!" Bao Xiaopi said, "Even if you harm others, your methods are extremely dirty." ”
Zhuge Xie was surprised: "How do you know?"
"When you dreamed last night, you said everything in your dreams, and I heard them all. ”
Zhuge secretly wondered, he never seemed to have the habit of talking in his dreams, why did he say it suddenly? Could it be that he was too nervous and tired recently?
"What did I say?" he asked.
Bao Xiaopi looked disgusted: "Foul language, I can't talk about it." ”
Zhuge smiled evilly: "You won't lie to me, right?"
"How could it be!" I heard me clearly. Bao Xiaopi puffed up and said, "What do you say Yin Yuan, what open legs, and ......?"
"Stop!" Zhuge Xie hurriedly stopped him, "Okay, I believe it." ”
Bao Xiaopi didn't hesitate and said: "Don't think I don't know what that Yin Yuan is, you little lewd thief, it's really dirty, and what do you say tastes so good, it's disgusting to listen to......"
Zhuge Xie was speechless and no longer paid attention to Bao Xiaopi. Perhaps because he hadn't been able to get a good rest for the past two days, he felt a sense of fatigue gradually coming over him, and before he knew it, he fell asleep.
When he woke up the next day, Zhuge Xie found that the cultivators had begun to climb the tunnel.
When the craftsmen were digging this tunnel, they did not choose to open the mountain directly at the foot of the mountain, because the amount of work was too huge, so they chose to open the road along the mountain, and they were in danger of detouring, and they really couldn't get around it before they chiseled the rock and dug out a passage.
So this road to the outside world is not so much a tunnel as a plank road.
It rained heavily last night, and the mountain road was very difficult to walk, but the cultivator was still walking in front of Zhuge Xie and Bao Xiaopi.
When they climbed over the mountains and descended slowly from the top of the tunnel, they were completely out of the boundaries of Jushi Town.
"We went any further, and we entered the Lost Soul Swamp. Bao Xiaopi looked at the foggy depression in front of him and said to Zhuge Evil.
Hearing the name of such a place as "Lost Soul Swamp", Zhuge Xie had a bad premonition.
When people give a name to a place, they often use or borrow from things that are unique to the place and have symbolic meanings, and if the name of a place sounds like a panic, then the place is definitely not a good place to go.
"Is there anything about the origin of this place name?" asked Zhuge heresy.
"It's easy to get lost. ”
As night falls, a thick miasma rises in the swamp, and it is impossible to see beyond three paces with a torch, so it is very unwise to walk at night.
Zhuge Xie and Bao Xiaopi were not in a hurry, they lit a bonfire under a dead tree, and prepared to sleep out for the night.
The night is very humid, and the croaking of small animals is heard from time to time, as if they are singing an ancient and mysterious song.
Zhuge Xie was intoxicated by this melodious and long music, and some impetuous mood gradually calmed down.
Suddenly, a discordant note suddenly sounded, and Zhuge Xie suddenly opened his eyes. He found that Bao Xiaopi had woken up at some point, and a pair of strange eyes were staring at the front, the thick and thick mist miasma.
"What is it?" asked Zhuge in a muffled voice.
"It's not clear. Bao Xiaopi held the crutches horizontally and slowly stood up.
Zhuge Evil secretly lucked his spiritual power, and put one hand on the immortal rope around his waist.
The miasma in front of it seemed calm, but behind the calm, there was a small unusual sound, like the sound of a frog swimming in the water.
"It's coming!"
With Bao Xiaopi's sudden warning, a behemoth jumped out of the miasma and rushed directly towards Zhuge Evil.
Zhuge Evil Eye was quick, and when the behemoth pounced, he had already made a series of spells, two shots in the behemoth's chest, and one shot into the behemoth's right shoulder.
However, the three magic tricks he shot did not stop the behemoth's attack, and at the last moment, he had to roll to the ground and escape.